Illuminated mouse pad

Abstract

An illuminated mouse pad having a light guide having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter side, a light source for directing emitted light through a first portion of the perimeter of the light guide, and an array of light diffusers located on the bottom side of the light guide, said light diffusers capable of diffusing or spreading out or scattering light emitted by the light source to give a soft back light to the top side.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An illuminated mouse pad comprising a light guide having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter side, a light source for directing emitted light through a first portion of the perimeter of the light guide, and an array of light diffusers located on the bottom side of the light guide, said light diffusers capable of diffusing or spreading out or scattering light emitted by the light source to give a soft back light to the top side and wherein the array of light diffusers comprises individual light diffusers that increase in size as they are further away from the light source. 
     
     
       2. The illuminated mouse pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the mouse pad receives power from a connected computer via an information/power port. 
     
     
       3. The illuminated mouse pad according to  claim 2 , wherein the mouse pad includes additional information/power ports to connect peripheral devices to a connected computer. 
     
     
       4. The illuminated mouse pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the array of light diffusers is a random array or an ordered array. 
     
     
       5. The illuminated mouse pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the array of light diffusers comprises individual light diffusers that vary in size from 0.1 millimeters to 3 millimeters. 
     
     
       6. The illuminated mouse pad according to  claim 1 , wherein the array of light diffusers comprises individual light diffusers that increase in size as they are further away from the light source for the first 40 millimeters and are constant in size after a distance of 40 millimeters.